Reflected Infrared Imaging: Revisiting the Fundamentals

dc.contributor.authorWebb, E. Keatsen_US
dc.contributor.editorGabriele Guidi and Roberto Scopigno and Fabio Remondinoen_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-06T08:14:10Z
dc.date.available2016-01-06T08:14:10Z
dc.date.issued2015en_US
dc.description.abstractReflected infrared imaging has been used as an investigation tool for paintings and paper conservation since the 1930s. The technique can reveal underdrawings, expose compositional changes, provide information about manufacturing process and technique, and differentiate materials. As digital camera technology and computing have evolved, the technique has continued to advance, improving the applications for cultural heritage documentation. However, there is very little published on the use of the technique for three-dimensional cultural heritage object documentation. The term object refers to three-dimensional works of art that include archaeological, ethnographic, historic, sculptural, decorative, and contemporary arts, composed of a wide variety of materials and combinations of materials. Some of these materials are similar to those in paintings and others are quite different, and the optical properties of the materials influence the interaction with infrared radiation and the imaging results. This paper looks at the current applications of reflected infrared imaging in conservation and research documentation and explores the fundamentals of why the technique is successful and how that success might transfer to the documentation of 3-D objects. Examples from an imaging case study with the Freud Museum are included to illustrate the arguments.en_US
dc.description.sectionheadersShort Papers - Virtual Reconstructionen_US
dc.description.seriesinformationInternational Congress on Digital Heritage - Theme 1 - Digitization And Acquisitionen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2015.7413832en_US
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-5090-0048-7en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1109/DigitalHeritage.2015.7413832en_US
dc.publisherIEEEen_US
dc.subjectinfrareden_US
dc.subjectimagingen_US
dc.subjectcultural heritageen_US
dc.titleReflected Infrared Imaging: Revisiting the Fundamentalsen_US
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